Matthew 11:28-30 (amplified)Come unto Me, all you who labor and are heavy-laden and overburdened, and I will cause you to rest. (I will ease and relieve and refresh your souls.) Take My yoke upon you and learn of Me, for I am gentle (meek) and humble (lowly) in heart, and you will find rest (relief and ease and refreshment and recreation and blessed quiet) for your souls. For My yoke is wholesome (useful, good-not harsh, hard, sharp or pressing, but comfortable, gracious, and pleasant), and My burden is light and easy to be borne.
Oh the beauty and wonder and amazement of rest!
Today may Jesus who is the Lord of the Sabbath (rest) fill your souls with His rest.
4 comments:
Deb, I am sitting at my chemo appointment and found this verse to be so comforting and peaceful. Thank you!
Arlene, I'm glad you are being ministered to by the Holy Spirit. Thanks for letting me know
Deb,
I read your post again and it ministered to me so much. It is so soothing and today has been one of the roughest I have had mentally. I began losing hair big time a couple of days ago. My head hurts, my face hurts. I have mouth sores and it's just a very rough day, so thank you again for the verses. Everytime I open this up it ministers to me. Thanks for being sensitive to the Holy Spirit!
Arlene,
In Sept 2003, John's mom had chemo treatment that lasted til Dec 03. She had already had to take chemo by pill, had had surgury's to remove breasts. (The first breast removed was in 1996.) Each time cancer cells were found, a different chemo treatment was given, the same treatment or kind of chemo can't be given twice. This treatment she received in 03 was the strongest, most agressive treatment she had been given. It caused her blood counts to drop to 0, as you have discribed. She could not be out in public because the risk for picking up germs, infections, bacteria, viruses, was too great. This short time of isolation was difficult for her, but necessary for her recovery. She had to be given shots to bring her blood count up. By Christmas she was improving and was able to enjoy Christmas with her family. She had had a port put in to have the chemo administered. That port was removed in 2005( if I'm remembering correctly) and she was both glad and scared. Her bone scans and body scans had come back good each time and the port could be removed. She had the symptoms you describe also. Her hair began to fall out after first treatment. She decided to go to her beautician after hours, where it was just her, her daughter and the beautician and have her head shaved. She had also decided that a wig was not an option for her and choose to wear turbans. She had no problem with this. When her hair grew back it came in so soft and silky, she actually liked it much better than how it was before. The pain was difficult to bare but the Lord gave her the strength to go through this treatment and has brought her out of it. She had and still has a great prayer support to undergird her. She has been on a low dose of chemo in pill form, which I thinks she will be able to stop taking this summer. This treatment has kept her hands and feet dry and cracking, sometimes bleeding, but she has prescribed cream to use and also uses a cream I got her from Bath and Body Works. It is from the line they carry of a druggist. She likes that a lot. Her faith is strong today as it was when all this began. She is an overcomer. The last 2 to 3 body and bone scan have come back cancer free. I might also add that John's dad has had his bouts with cancer in the bladder and has had to take chemo 2 or 3 times. He is cancer free in the last biosphy he had recently. John's mom has had to deal with cancer for 11 years and Jesus has walked with her all the way.
Sometimes it helps to hear about another person's story. In the hearing there is encouragement and help and sometimes we find that what we deal with isn't as difficult as someone else and find courage to deal with our own challenge.
I'll email you pictures because I want you to see the joy and humor in a very trying and difficult time that she had. Her attitude helped the family and together we all came through.
We do not always understand why certain situations are allowed by God our Father. One thing I do know is that whatever He allows is for the purpose of conforming us into the image of His Son. He knows us way better than we know ourselves and knows exactly where we are and what we need. The situation, the event, the circumstances and all that these bring to bear upon us, does not change Him, who He is. They are tool in His hands to bring forth His desires, plans, purposes, will in us and our lives. Romans 8 is a chapter to set ourselves on, stay fixed on, hold our ground on.
Thank you Father for grace to trust you today and everyday. Thank you for such great grace and mercy and love each and everyday. Thank you that your grace is sufficient for us, that you are the strenth in our weaknesses. Thank you that You are the Great Phyician for the whole man, spirit, soul, heart, mind and body. Thank you that You are the High Priest and Great Intercessor and that you raise up those people who have ears to hear your voice and are yielded vessels to the Holy Spirit and allow the Holy Spirit to pray through them the Father's will for other's. We don't always know how to pray as we ought but the Holy Spirit always knows. Thank you Holy Spirit.
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